Tetrametallic reduction of dinitrogen: Formation of a tetranuclear samarium dinitrogen complex

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 38, Issue 24, 1999, Pages 3657-3659

  Dubé, Tiffany ^a   Conoci, Sabrina ^b   Gambarotta, Sandro ^a   Yap, Glenn P A ^a   Vasapollo, Giuseppe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

N ligands; N2 complexes; Nitrogen fixation; Samarium

Indexed keywords

DIPHENYLMETHYLDIPYRROLIDE; LANTHANIDE; NITROUS OXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGEN METABOLISM; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; OXIDATION; REACTION ANALYSIS; REDUCTION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033576652     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-3773(19991216)38:24<3657::AID-ANIE3657>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

References (10)

1. a) W. J. Evans, T. A. Ulibarri, J. W. Ziller J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1988, 110, 6877;
2. b) J. Jubb, S. Gambarotta, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1994, 116, 4477.
3. E. Campazzi, E. Solari, C. Floriani, R. Scopelliti, Chem. Commun. 1998, 2603.
4. The ligand was prepared according to an established procedure. See. for example: a) D. Dolphin, B. Y. Liu, C. Brückner. Chem. Commun. 1996, 2141, and references therein;
5. b) C. H. Lee, S. Lindsey, Tetrahedron 1994, 50, 11427.
6. See for example: a) J. B. Howard, D. C. Rees, Chem. Rev. 1996, 96, 2965;
7. b) B. K. Burgess, D. J. Lowe, Chem. Rev. 1996, 96, 2983;
8. c) R. R. Eady, Chem. Rev. 1996, 96, 3013.
9. P. Roussel, P. Scott, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1998, 120, 1070.
10. Accordingly, the Sm-N(pyrr) and Sm-C(pyrr) distances compare reasonably with those of the trivalent [(cot)Sm(pyrrole)(thf)] complex (cot = cyclooctatetraene): H. Schumann, E. C. E. Rosenthal, J. Winterfeld, R. Weimann, J. Demtschuk, J. Organomet. Chem. 1996, 507, 287.